A ' FRESH' AND SUNNY MANILVA ON FRIDAY AT THE START OF A ' HELLUVA' WEEKEND.

FRIDAY 29^th/ NOVEMBER 2019.   “ 48th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY “

I was up very early this morning and after a quick freshen up I shot off on my travels down to Sabinillas for our weekly shopping, I called into ‘ItsZabar’ for my usual toast and tea before I went along the coast road, towards Estepona, as the bright full red sun was coming up above a sparking/still Mediterranean.

The newish ‘ Mercadona’ was already very busy as I did our main shop,  the staff are very helpful when you are looking for something, I then came back to Sabinillas and dropped down to the far-end of the promenade to the local market for our fresh flowers and wall plants.

I called into the local ‘Repsol’ garage to top up the petrol before stopping at the ‘English Bookshop’ for the local newspapers etc, after unloading back at the house we took ‘ Scruffy’ out for his first walk of the day, he slept all night in his new bed, a large furry doughnut! He’s no problem and is such a loving dog, he follows me everywhere and is at my feet, as I’m typing/posting today Blog, he’s due to be picked up later this afternoon.

We have yet another beautiful day down here on the ‘ Costa Del Sol ‘- this morning, the sun was out early and the sky is clear and bright blue, there is just a slight breeze, so by lunchtime it’s due to reach 20 degs+ - tomorrow is staying the same, sadly on Sunday, when we are going out for our ‘Sunday Roast Lunch’ we might need our umbrellas! The next ‘ Atlantic’ front is bringing with it some of the ‘ Wet-Stuff’ – next week is starting a lot cooler and damp, before it settles down, by Wednesday, back to warm sunshine, with a few patchy clouds, hovering in the high ‘ teens’ –  back down to 9/10 degs at night time, watch this space.

“ MALCOLM & BRENDA’S 48th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY “ 

We were married at ‘ Christ Church’ in Port Sunlight, on the Wirral, on a beautiful ‘ crisp’ November Monday! The Church is next to the famous ‘ Bridge Inn ‘ where I was the resident live-in Assistant Manager, we had our reception at the hotel, the waiting staff formed a ‘ Guard of Honour ‘up the steps, with large wooden spoons!

We went off for a short honeymoon, in the evening, first stopping for dinner at the ‘ Owain Glyndwr Hotel’ –   in Corwen, which at the time  had a rather special restaurant, we arrived very late at the ‘ White Lion Royal Hotel’ in Bala, North Wales,  were the Manager & his wife greeted us, with a nice bottle of Champagne, and didn’t get to bed until 5-00 am in the morning! ‘ Happy Memories & Times' !!  

One week later we started at the world famous mountaineers ‘ Pen Y Gwryd Hotel’ in the heart of ‘ 

Snowdonia’ as the Resident Managers, the rest is history !

We would like to thank all our family & friends, ex-staff etc, as well as all the locals here in Sunny Manilva, for all the Cards, E-Mails, Text messages, ‘Facebook’ comments & ‘ Likes’ – we are going out for nice drink at lunchtime, sat in the warm sunshine outside ‘Bar Castillo’ – this evening we will be having a nice chilled bottle of ‘Cava’ – followed by, as a starter  ‘ Sushi & small Pacific Scallops – Vieras ‘ – followed by ‘ Grilled Tail-End of Salmon Fillets’ – on Sunday we are celebrating with a special ‘ Sunday Roast Lunch’ at the highly recommended “ La Finca Thai Fusion “  Watch out for the pictures.

NB; I bought Brenda a new ‘ Ironing Board’ this morning from the local 'Feraterias’ in Sabinillas, as her old one broke/collapsed the other day, when she was catching up with all the Ironing!!  I ‘think’ she appreciated the ‘ thought’ !! Watch this space.

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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